Matrix barcode use with BlackBerry
I'm trying to enhance the capabilities of a system I'm developing by adding a "scanning" feature. Initially I was going to look into using OCR to do license plate recognition, but then I thought a simpler idea would be to use matrix barcodes. I've never worked with these before so I'm not sure how to (a) create them, and (b) read and process them using the BlackBerry's camera.
Has anyone had experience working with such a thing? The idea behind this is for vehicle inventory management for my client. The vehicles would have a matrix barcode sticker on the inside of one of the windows and the maintenance team would "scan" in the vehicle using their BlackBerry.
Has anyone had experience working with such a thing? The idea behind this is for vehicle inventory management for my client. The vehicles would have a matrix barcode sticker on the inside of one of the windows and the maintenance team would "scan" in the vehicle using their BlackBerry.
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And there are blackkberry apps like that on appworld blackberry
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/1102
I guess the newes Blackberry OS version 6 is coming with this app already installed
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Fantastic, I believe this is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you!
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For starters, you'll need something to generate the barcodes. iText for Java and iText.NET will both generate Datamatrix barcodes with no special licensing.
As far a reading them, that is a different story. If you want to develop a custom app, you may find a free library out there, though we historically use commercial libs for this.
But the wireless carriers do offer some apps already that you can use.
AT&T's Create a Code
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/solutions/mobile-marketing/mobile-barcode-faqs.jsp